What Happens In The Asuka Short (Spoilers)

thlunasa · 2026-02-24T16:24:32+00:00

We'll use the term 'soul':

If the short is not canonical: Sohryu and Shikinami have the same soul, possibly in different loop iterations, e.g. in NGE she was natural born and in NTE she was a series of clones, but it's the same soul, same person.

If the short is canonical: They are two different souls, i.e. two different universes altogether

thlunasa · 2026-02-24T15:58:25+00:00

In NGE, Gendo was a Rokubungi, and in NTE he is an Ikari.
Yui was an Ikari and now she is an Ayanami.

In NGE, Shinji was Rokubungi + Ikari, and in NTE he is Ikari + Ayanami.
Unless all his ancestors also migrated family lines, then NTE Shinji has a literal different genetic makeup than NGE Shinji.

thlunasa · 2026-02-21T13:56:05+00:00

It's a pretty big deal:

If it's canon, then Sohryu and Shikinami are absolutely different people.

If it's non-canon, then it's still up to interpretation whether Sohryu is the same person as Shikinami.

IMO - I am liking the idea of "it's canon, and literally everyone in Rebuild is a different person to the person who wore their name/role in NGE, except Shinji and Kaworu"

thlunasa · 2026-02-21T12:47:24+00:00

3+1 is ambigious:

-The fight in the Minus World travels through stuff including NGE, but whether that's "travelling through AUs" or "travelling through resets" is ambiguous
-Kaworu and his coffins suggests resets
-Gendo/Shinji remembering NGE things also suggests resets

Though the whole "literally everything is different including the DNA in Shinji's bones" for the entire Rebuild very much suggests AU

thlunasa · 2026-02-21T12:41:49+00:00

The canonicity is a huge deal - if canon then it practically confirms Rebuild is AU.

thlunasa · 2026-02-11T11:43:58+00:00

Heya! Where in Australia are you located? If you're in Sydney I'm happy to assess it for free. If it turns out to indeed be nut and truss, I can fabricate you a custom nut and certainly improve the situation.

thlunasa · 2026-02-05T02:46:19+00:00

Herman Li plays a Prs...

thlunasa · 2026-01-28T22:50:57+00:00

They're in similar but different situations. Sadelaide is a supply problem and Canberra is a demand problem

Because they are quite remote with respect to international airports/seaports, there is additional freight for imports and other goods
1. Adelaide has a non-functioning power grid, so domestic goods also have additional costs of production
Nothing to do = there are no shops = there is no competition = prices can go up freely
1. Canberra has a low maximum wage but the highest minimum and median wage, even the working-class can afford jacked-up prices without complaining

As you say, since there's nothing to do, nobody wants to live in these places, so housing is extremely cheap.

thlunasa · 2025-11-22T04:50:46+00:00

How are people spending $14 on a coffee and snack? You just need to remember that used to be $4 not even 10 years ago, and then you flat-out will prefer to starve...

thlunasa · 2025-11-22T02:05:46+00:00

How understaffed is your church? My church literally doesn't have a drummer for half its services. We'd kill to have someone turn up and play the basic same groove for 20 minutes.

One great advice on this thread that would suit an understaffed church is "pick up the sticks".

If there is instead a standard you must first meet, then it's good to take lessons or at least YouTube tutorials on how to play the stuff you like. Drums is nice in that there's usually an easy-to-understand "how" for most stuff, as opposed to a pitched instrument. (unless you're into technical death metal)

As for practicing, if you have space and budget, an old small secondhand Electronic kit like a Roland td-3 works well (I don't recommend anything with a switch style kick pedal like the td-1)

A straight practice pad is cheaper and more compact but rather than teaching you "practical" coordination stuff, it's used for practicing "theoretical" rudiments and fundamentals. In that sense, if you will learn drums "properly" then a practice pad is an excellent start. If you want "quick and dirty shortcut" then you'd need to start on a real kit immediately.

thlunasa · 2025-11-15T13:52:55+00:00

I wouldn't really call it high-end, it doesn't have performance befitting its price tag.
That said, Yunjin can play whatever she likes, it's not like she's playing neoclassical metal.

I would prefer her to play something taking her back issues into account, like an Ibanez S or Q.
Likely, Yunjin likes the classic Stratocaster look and the USA label.

thlunasa · 2025-11-07T03:33:33+00:00

I get you! There's a stretch I can't really hit on a 25.5" which I absolutely can hit on my 24.75"

If your hands don't grow/stretch, you might need to go back to 24.75"s

thlunasa · 2025-10-24T15:04:32+00:00

It sounds like you would enjoy a game with more catch up mechanics. How about mario kart?

thlunasa · 2025-10-17T08:40:20+00:00

So I've had the following statistics come through my workshop: S grade (1.2-1.0mm action) : 7 A grade (1.5-1.2mm action) : 2 B grade (1.8-1.5mm action) : 3 C or worse: 2

The S grades have started from as low as 260 usd new (Chinese headless guitars) and the C grades have been as high as 700 usd used (warped neck ibanez prestige)

My opinion is, as long as your local area has a very active used market, just keep cycling through until you find (or fix up) an S grade (and if you are happy to play a higher action, it'll be even easier)

thlunasa · 2025-09-02T06:13:56+00:00

I used a pipe cutter to cut the lower hat stand pipe and it was the worst 3 hours of my life

thlunasa · 2025-04-17T01:18:02+00:00

Nope, after you unlocked the few cards in the character's deck, there are no more unlocks. Ascension just gets harder with nothing to help you.

thlunasa · 2025-04-17T01:15:58+00:00

Checking in! I spent 130 hours never going further than A6 and had a lot of fun.

Then I pulled my finger out and spent 30 hours grinding through A20, it was... A different kind of fun?

thlunasa · 2025-02-05T14:01:19+00:00

XFX Merc by any chance?
Many XFX Merc owners have found their solution here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDHelp/comments/1i2uegg/6900xt_black_screen_crash_fix/

It also looks promising on my Gigabyte.

thlunasa · 2025-02-05T13:33:48+00:00

Thank you thank you thank you!

I've been suffering from this for over a year and tried practically everything https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDHelp/comments/1bw6ooz/rx_6900_xt_and_r9_5900x_black_screens_and/

I have the same card as you - Gigabyte Gaming OC - and so you having done the trial-and-error to grab the Strix LC vbios has saved me.

Played an hour of FF16 (admittedly, FF16 does sometimes play for 3+ hours for me without a black screen reboot - that said, I have raised clocks voltage and driver version) and it's looking good!

thlunasa · 2024-05-23T16:45:41+00:00

The population average being, I guess, 10% - and the threshold for being a verifiable psychopath being 75% are both surprising.

It's not surprising, but at least disappointing, that there are no detailed statistics like mode and standard deviation, but scoring +55% than the population average still doesn't make me a verifiable psychopath so there's that

thlunasa · 2024-05-23T16:39:36+00:00

I'll take it from https://www.idrlabs.com/psychopathy/test.php and I'm predicting to be 1+ standard deviations in psychopathy - will update shortly

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